Voyager Capital

Voyager Capital
Private Company
Industry Private equity
Founded Seattle, Washington 1997
Founder
  • Bill McAleer
  • Tony Audino
  • Enrique Godreau
Headquarters

Products Venture capital
Website voyagercapital.com

Voyager Capital is a information technology venture capital firm that is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.[1] Voyager Capital was founded in 1997 by Bill McAleer, Tony Audino, and Enrique Godreau.[2] McAleer formerly served as chief financial officer of Aldus, a publishing software company that was acquired by Adobe in 1994, Audino was an executive at Microsoft, and Godraeu was a technology analyst.[3] Voyager Capital opened offices in Portland, Oregon and Silicon Valley in 2008.[4][5] The firm launched its fourth investment fund, worth $125 million, in 2011.[6] Co-founder Godreau left the firm in February 2012.[2][7]

Voyager's exits include AnswerDash,[8] aQuantive,[6] Geoloqi,[9] Kryptiq,[10] and Tegic.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Mohana Ravindranath (14 August 2013). "Investors confident in cloud ventures, survey shows; IT ventures — especially cloud and mobile — are especially attractive to today's venture capitalists.". The Washington Post.
  2. 1 2 John Cook (10 February 2012). "As Voyager Capital embarks on its 15th year, co-founder Enrique Godreau departs". GeekWire.
  3. ↑ "New VC Fund Targets Seattle". Redherring.com. 2 October 1998.
  4. ↑ Dan Kaplan (13 August 2008). "Seattle VC firms Maveron and Voyager Capital venture southward". Venture Beat.
  5. ↑ Mike Rogoway (6 August 2008). "Seattle venture capital firm puts money on Oregon". The Oregonian.
  6. 1 2 John Cook (December 20, 2011). "Voyager Capital targets $125 million for new venture fund". GeekWire.
  7. ↑ Curt Woodward (10 February 2012). "Voyager Capital Co-Founder Enrique Godreau Leaves Firm". Xconomy.
  8. ↑ John Cook (December 13, 2013). "UW spin-out Qazzow scores $2.4M to bolster customer service on e-commerce sites". GeekWire.com. GeekWire. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Dan Primack (17 October 2012). "M&A". Fortune.
  10. ↑ Mike Rogoway (13 August 2012). "Kryptiq sells business to Surescripts, will stay in Hillsboro". The Oregonian.
  11. ↑ M. Sharon Baker (6 December 1999). "Big payday in Tegic deal". Puget Sound Business Journal.
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